GAME OF THE DAY
Blackbox: puzzles for the mind
Blackbox – brain puzzles
Think outside the box
The inventive puzzle game Blackbox tests more than your wits. It pushes the boundaries of what puzzle games can be – and how you play them.
There’s little to tap or swipe here, no characters to manoeuvre. Instead, you’ll tinker with your iPhone itself: rotating it, laying it flat, shouting into its speaker, adjusting the brightness of the display.
Solving puzzles in Blackbox requires tinkering with the iPhone itself: rotating it, laying it flat, shouting into its speaker, even adjusting the brightness of the display.
And – especially useful for the visually impaired – Blackbox also has great support for iPhone’s VoiceOver accessibility feature. Turn it on to get verbal/auditory rather than visual clues which make this a fun and engaging experience in its own right.
As confounding as it may be, Blackbox’s smart design prevents roadblocks. You can tackle puzzles in any order, so if you get stuck on one, just move to another. A tiered system unspools hints as you need them – each bearing the game’s trademark subtle humour.
Blackbox fully supports the VoiceOver accessibility feature in iOS. Turn it on to get verbal and auditory clues rather than visual ones – a fun and engaging experience in its own right. However you tackle this one-of-a-kind game, the journey is bound to be mind-bending.